Results 141-160 of 1,203 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Can I take it from the Minister's response that no consideration was given to giving a statutory role to the community safety partnerships to have a specified input to the service plan preparation and evaluation?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I just-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Sorry, the seat came back. Apologies, I am okay. I am fine, and I thank the Cathaoirleach for his concern. On the annual report, the way it is specified here is all to be welcomed and supported. I will go back to what we spoke about on the strategic plan, the annual plans and now the annual report. These are all really important documents for us here in the Oireachtas, for the Minister...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is a low blow.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the encouraging news earlier this week that the young girl and her carer who were viciously attacked in the north inner city on Parnell Square over a week ago are making a good recovery. I want to wish them well and wish their families well. I hope they make a full recovery soon and that the young girl is at home for Santa visiting this Christmas. I absolutely and utterly condemn...
- Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I, too, welcome my colleague from Dublin City Council, Councillor Dermot Lacey. It is the best part of 30 years that Councillor Lacey has given to local government, so we are humbled by his presence here today. I thank him for joining us for this very important discussion. I thank the Independent Senators for putting this matter on the agenda and I thank the Minister of State for...
- Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Well said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the witnesses for being here. We take Mr. Davitt's point regarding the short timeline and we apologise for that. We should also apologise now because this meeting is likely to be interrupted for the vote that will take place in the Dáil. It is no disrespect to any of the witnesses and we really appreciate their presence today and their contributions to our work to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: How many tenants did Threshold help to prevent from becoming homeless last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is phenomenal. What techniques has Threshold used to prevent homelessness?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is the tenant in situthe main instrument used to keep tenants in the rental property?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Extending the tenant in situfacility for social housing tenants is the objective of this legislation so the people who are not on a social housing list and are earning above the social housing income thresholds can avail of the rental property, providing it is being sold. That is a decision the landlord takes independently. At that stage essentially it becomes their permanent home. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Local authorities, to be fair, would have an obligation as a landlord. Their best interest is served as a responsible landlord to ensure sustainable and good management, whether it is an estate or a block. On the timeline issue, from my experience with the tenant in situscheme with Dublin City Council, it has worked well on both sides. It has worked well for the tenant because they do not...
- Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I second the motion.
- Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for being here and I thank the Fine Gael group for putting forward this motion. It gives the House an opportunity to discuss what was arguably the most important public order event in recent times, not just in the city but in the country. I want to start, as everyone else has done, by thinking about Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Like others, I want to express my sympathies and condolences to the family of Tras Honan. May she rest in peace. Today I want to speak to the appalling events that took place in my constituency and my community last Thursday. I want to start by talking and thinking about the children, their families and their carers and everybody at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. It...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: All of our energies should be going on addressing what caused it and ensuring it never happens again. We need to have an uncompromising response to crime and antisocial behaviour in our communities. It was my community last week but it will be other Senators' communities another day. Unless, as a society, we have an uncompromising response to crime and antisocial behaviour, it will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for the work they have done to get the legislation through. This has been far too long coming so it is good we are having this discussion. It is an enormous responsibility. All around the world democracy is being rivalled by autocracy. Here, our democracy is under attack on a daily basis. I do not think any of us should be blasé about this. We need to take the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: What validation is being conducted on the existing 3 million supposed voters registered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The local authorities?